NEWS & ANALYSIS OF THE TEAM MARKET • MAY/JUNE 2024 • A FORMULA4 MEDIA PUBLICATION
4 • Team Insight ~ May/June 2024
TRENDS 08
Special Report: PE Now Means Private Equity in Team Sports
THE ONE-ON-ONE PROJECT 14
Mike Thompson, Rawlings, HOF Class of 2024
TOUCHING DOWN 18
Dealers are looking forward to the 2024 football season.
SOCKS AND JOCKS 24
It all starts at the bottom with the sale of team socks.
GOOD AS GOALS 30
The annual Goals/Nets Vendor Roundtable.
END ZONE 34
SFIA Forms Government Database; A4 Goes Green
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NETWORK:
A HISTORY
Carron volleyball
net in use on USS
Wasp in 1940s.
Carron Net is
celebrating its
90th anniversary in
2024. A look back
and a look ahead.
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